There is Hooters in Japan, too.

Don’t prepare too much or overthink things, just go with the flow. You’ll find plenty of interesting things to see and do, getting around is a snap.

Interestingly enough, the problem is not that women in Japan strictly can’t have careers after getting married and having kids, but that so many just don’t want to. I have several coworkers with advanced degrees who have quit to become housewives after having kids. It was their choice, and what they wanted to do for…

I’ve found Bing works fine in English, but when I switch to Japanese the results are terrible, unusable.

No, that’s a great take. If you have a pitcher pitching great, why not have the pen ready but leave him in? It’s what I would do. Hard to fault Collins.

That these islands are not designed to be inhabited for hundreds of years without any maintenance or upgrading?

None whatsoever.

ONE Grantland staffer said - that’s also in the article. One angry person, someone who might have just lost their job, said it. Doesn’t make it the truth, or at least the whole truth.

Exactly, right? Why use these euphemisms like “uneducated”, we all know what is really being said.

Don’t be rude. Smily faces don’t make it less rude.

Your average profffesional athlete sounds less educated

Exactly what does “poor” sound like, anyway? I didn’t realize sounding like an Ivy League professor was a prerequisite for buying jewelry.

Given that these folks can’t tell the difference between an NBA player/customer and a robber, I don’t think they have very good judgement on the matter.

Asking what time you close is suspicious? Sounds like this person needs a new line of work in that case. I would imagine a large number of the phone calls they receive are that exact question.

Man, where I live now it’s totally acceptable to pay for small things with the equivalent of $100. Like, buy a coke at the store with a $100. Of course, cash is king here.

There’s a place I used to go to in Houston that DID have $1 margaritas on the rocks some certain night of the week. They were a craft beer bar (one of those 100+ on tap places) and had these specials now and then.

Nope.

Mmm, no. Sorry.

Looks perpetually dirty.

Unusual feelings in particular places are so odd.